American Leadership

American Freedom means peace at home and stability abroad. While America must never go “abroad, in search of monsters to destroy,” in the words of John Quincy Adams, we must promote freedom through the power of our example and stand faithfully with our allies in defense of our common values and interests. After inheriting a United States military that was drastically overextended and underfunded, the Trump-Pence Administration invested $2.2 trillion to rebuild our armed forces – even while working to end the endless wars and bring our troops home. In this period of strength and prosperity, Americans saw what true leadership can accomplish. We destroyed the ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria and stood with our cherished ally, Israel, by reshaping the Middle East through the Abraham Accords. Today, our country needs strong leadership more than ever. America must stand up to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), building a global coalition of partners willing to stand up to the CCP’s expansionism. The playing field in international trade must be leveled, and jobs must be brought back home to the USA. We must seek and achieve burden-sharing by our allies and partners, both in Europe and Asia. America must lead by example, standing up for international religious freedom around the world.

Ensure a military force ready for great power competition with respect to the Chinese Communist Party and a resurgent Russia, and posture to defend both NATO's eastern flank and Taiwan.

Pass robust defense budgets that provide all our military personnel with the training and equipment they need – wherever and whenever they need it.
End “woke” culture in the military.
Build up the Navy to a 350-ship fleet.
Develop and maintain offensive, deterrence-based cyber capabilities.
Make record investments in new technology.
Advance American leadership and security in space through the United States Space Command and the United States Space Force.
The United States has recognized space as a war-fighting domain. The Trump-Pence Administration reestablished the U.S. Space Command and created the first new armed service in more than seventy years, the U.S. Space Force.

Confront Communist China: American leaders must recognize that the greatest threat to American prosperity, security, and values is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The United States must confront and counter the CCP as an existential threat to American Freedom. The Trump-Pence Administration successfully changed the global outlook on China, recognizing the CCP as a leading threat to peace and world stability.

Treat China as a security threat.
- Bolster our strategic presence in the region, including by reinforcing strategic alliances with Taiwan and partners in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.
- Aggressively utilize export control laws to block the sale of sensitive technologies to China. Coordinate with our allies a tough approach through export controls, sanctions, and investment screening tools.
- Block or unwind arrangements by which large volumes of sensitive U.S. data flow to China, whether through medical records, digital apps, or other channels – all of which are currently subject to uneven standards. Democratic allies must also work together to promote data sharing amongst themselves while limiting flow to China.
- Counter the way China exploits and weaponizes other U.S. resources, like our capital markets, including ending the self-destructive flow of U.S. dollars into China’s military and global surveillance apparatus.
- End the policy of dependence on China for rare earths and other critical minerals necessary for national defense and build up a U.S. domestic supply chain to secure these strategic resources.
Treat China as an economic threat.
- Congress should pass legislation that revokes China’s “permanent normal trade relations” status with the United States and requires the President to certify each year, subject to a congressional resolution of disapproval, that China deserves to receive “most favored nation” trading status.
- Work with all other large economies – like Trump-Pence did with 5G and Huawei – to stop China’s technological and intellectual property theft, predatory tactics in the critical mineral supply chain, and other economic espionage and trade fouls. Coordinate with our allies and potential allies on a tough approach to China on these issues utilizing export controls, sanctions, and investment screening tools.
- Maintain the tariffs imposed by President Trump on imported Chinese goods and services and rally our allies to counter China’s unfair practices and force China to the negotiating table to create a level playing field with their Chinese controlled and subsidized industries.
Treat China as a massive human rights violator.
- Hold China accountable for genocide in Xinjiang and for persecuting faith adherents all across their country.
- Continue to support democracy and valiant pro-democracy leaders in Hong Kong and sanction leaders in Beijing who prosecute activists and roll back civil liberties.
Treat China as the originator of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Hold China accountable for negligently unleashing and hiding the origins of COVID-19 and demand that they establish a victims compensation and economic recovery fund.

Stand with Israel and Forge a new Middle East - America must remain resolutely committed to the security of out most cherished ally, Israel, and help achieve peace, prosperity, and a brighter future for Israel and the Palestinian people.

Forge new security and economic agreements between the United States and Israel, together with Abraham Accords countries and other allies.

Counter Iranian Aggression - America must never allow the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons, and Iran must also end its destabilizing behavior in the region and its support for terrorism around the world.

Put a stake in Iran nuclear deal once and for all
Reimpose the Trump-Pence sanctions, particularly against individual members and organizations of the regime.
Support the Iranian people in their struggle to gain freedom from the clutches of murderous, terrorist regime.

Fortify Alliances in the Western Hemisphere - Within our hemisphere the people of the United States and Latin America share values of faith, family, community, freedom, hard work, and capitalism. Our interconnected cultural and geographic ties make the region crucial to United States prosperity and national security. As such, we must renew and expand our engagement with countries throughout the hemisphere on security, trade, religious freedom, and foreign policy.

Support a prosperous, safe, and democratic region within which the United States can work to advance shared interests, especially via free trade and relocating manufacturing from China to our hemisphere.
Push back against socialist governments in the Western Hemisphere – the type of governments historically known to adopt policies that impoverish their people and limit fundamental rights and freedoms.
Prevent illegal and uncontrolled migration, smuggling, and trafficking.
Assertively seek the restoration of human rights and democracy in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.

Stand Strong against Russia - Under the control of Vladimir Putin, Russia harms American interests by threatening American allies and invading its neighbors, conducting cyber attacks, imprisoning American citizens, leveraging European allies' reliance on Russian natural gas, backing China's geopolitical ambitions, and by aiding and abetting corrupt, anti-American and terrorist sponsoring regimes in Iran, Syria, and Cuba. Putin undermines freedom and democracy at home and abroad, while jeopardizing stability by threatening the sovereignty of Russia's neighbors.

Stand strong against Russian aggression and rally our Western allies in defense of freedom.
Create a massive, private-sector-led global energy production and export initiative among democratic countries centered around the export of American-produced natural gas to end Europe’s dependency on Russia for its energy security.
Use all available means to halt the use of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, including, if necessary, imposing sanctions against companies in allied countries involved in its operation.
Ensure all unlawfully imprisoned Americans in Russia are returned home.
Increase investment in our cyber-infrastructure and enhance our ability to counter and respond to Russian cyberattacks, cyber criminals, and influence operations.

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